Redwings foraging in Reykjavik city centre and Laugavegur street, Iceland

Redwings foraging in Reykjavik city centre and Laugavegur Street, Iceland Laugavegur Street is the main shopping street in Reykjavik, full of coffee shops, touristy gift shops, wine bars, cake shops and more. It was very busy in November when I was there. It was...
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Solitary Bees By Ted Benton & Nick Owens review

Solitary Bees By Ted Benton & Nick Owens review This is my second review of a book by Ted Benton. I enjoyed the much smaller first book and when I asked him why he wrote the first Solitary Bee book, his comments were just as appropriate for this second book....
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Wool carder bee, nesting and mating behaviour

Ladies first! Here I will explore the Wool carder (Anthidium manicatum) (Megachilidae: Anthidiin) females' behaviour, nesting etc. and then go on to the males. Unusually for solitary bees, female wool carder bees, are smaller than males and females generally emerge...
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Dolphin watching at Lagos Portugal

Dolphin watching at Lagos Portugal Several businesses offer dolphin and whale watching tours sailing from Lagos in Portugal. We decided to go with Sealife because on every trip they have a qualified marine biologist accompanying you on their boats. Instead of hugging...
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The Boardwalk from Lagos to Meia Praia

The wooden Boardwalk from Lagos to Meia Praia My wife and I watched spell bound as we were fortunate to watch the actual work undertaken during the construction of this beautiful wooden boardwalk. Although we have walked many miles on boardwalks in the area, we had...
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Ash dieback-(Chalara fraxinea fungus) video

Oct 31, 2012

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Monodontomerus wasp seeking out red mason bee cocoons-video

Oct 28, 2012

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Mole seen trying to cross a road!

Oct 23, 2012

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Wild bee species using wild bee observation box

Wild bee species using wild bee observation box

Oct 7, 2012

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Waste Buster worm tower- a worm feeding station in your garden!

Waste Buster worm tower- a worm feeding station in your garden!

Sep 20, 2012

Waste Buster Worm Tower Don't have room for a compost bin or a wormery? Want to recycle your food waste and make a valuable enrichment to your garden soil? Then the Waste Buster Worm Tower is ideal for you...   Waste Buster Worm Towers house earthworms in your...

Bumblebees mating (B. terrestris) video

Jul 26, 2012

Neonicotinoids, a new inadvertent contraceptive for bumblebees and honeybees? Researchers have found that neonicotinoids can reduce bumblebee queen reproduction by 85%! Now the latest research (see below) has found that neonicotinoids can reduce honeybee drone (male)...

Kids, Liverpool Firemen and fruit tree planting ! Part 2

Kids, Liverpool Firemen and fruit tree planting ! Part 2

Jun 29, 2012

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Press Release – National Insect Week

Jun 26, 2012

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. For Immediate Release- National Insect Week 25 June - 1 July 2012  “Radical new nest box design gives bees a chance”  To...

Solitary Bee Box – for solitary bees with video

Solitary Bee Box – for solitary bees with video

Jun 25, 2012

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